CN210772695U

CN210772695U - Air duct component for air conditioner and air conditioner with same

Info

Publication number: CN210772695U
Application number: CN201921850080.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 汤展跃; 沐原; 王波; 彭杰林; 钟志尧; 程超; 张强
Original assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; GD Midea Air Conditioning Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; GD Midea Air Conditioning Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-10-30
Filing date: 2019-10-30
Publication date: 2020-06-16
Anticipated expiration: 2029-10-30

Abstract

The utility model discloses an air duct component for air conditioner and have its air conditioner, air duct component includes: the air duct piece comprises a worm casing part, and the worm casing part is provided with a mounting opening; an outer bracket located outside the air duct piece to block the mounting opening; the fan assembly comprises a wind wheel and a motor, the motor is arranged on the surface of the outer support opposite to the installation opening, the wind wheel is connected with the motor, and the wind wheel penetrates through the installation opening and is located in the volute portion. According to the utility model discloses a wind channel part, accessible installing the opening installation with take out fan subassembly to can reduce the assembly degree of difficulty between fan subassembly and the spiral case portion, the installation and the maintenance of the fan subassembly of being convenient for.

Description

Air duct component for air conditioner and air conditioner with same

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of the air conditioning technique and specifically relates to an air duct component for air conditioner and air conditioner that has it is related to.

Background

In the related art, the air conditioner comprises a volute part and a fan assembly positioned in the volute part, and due to the structural limitation of the volute part and the fan assembly, the assembly difficulty between the fan assembly and the volute part is large, and the fan assembly is inconvenient to install and maintain.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses aim at solving one of the technical problem that exists among the prior art at least. Therefore, the utility model provides a wind channel part for air conditioner, accessible installing the opening installation with take out fan subassembly to can reduce the assembly degree of difficulty between fan subassembly and the spiral case portion, the installation and the maintenance of the fan subassembly of being convenient for.

The utility model also provides an air conditioner of the wind channel part who is used for the air conditioner of above-mentioned.

According to the utility model discloses a wind channel part for air conditioner, include: the air duct piece comprises a worm casing part, and the worm casing part is provided with a mounting opening; an outer bracket located outside the air duct piece to block the mounting opening; the fan assembly comprises a wind wheel and a motor, the motor is arranged on the surface of the outer support opposite to the installation opening, the wind wheel is connected with the motor, and the wind wheel penetrates through the installation opening and is located in the volute portion.

According to the utility model discloses a wind channel part for air conditioner, accessible installing opening installs and takes out fan subassembly to can reduce the assembly degree of difficulty between fan subassembly and the spiral case portion, the installation and the maintenance of the fan subassembly of being convenient for.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the air duct further includes an inner bracket, the inner bracket is connected to the outer bracket via the mounting opening, and at least a portion of the inner bracket is located in the volute portion and is used for mounting the motor.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the motor includes a motor body and a motor ear, the inner bracket includes a cylindrical portion and an inner end ring and an outer end ring which are provided at both ends of the cylindrical portion in the axial direction, the inner end ring is formed by an inward flange of the cylindrical portion, the outer end ring is formed by an outward flange of the cylindrical portion, the outer end ring is connected to the outer bracket, the cylindrical portion and the inner end ring are both located in the volute portion, the motor body passes through the inner end ring which extends into the cylindrical portion, and the motor ear is supported by the inner end ring which is far away from one side of the cylindrical portion and connected to the inner end ring.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the cylindrical portion has a plurality of heat dissipation holes on a peripheral wall thereof.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the outer end ring is fixedly connected to the outer bracket by welding or a first connecting member.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the air duct member includes: the wind wheel comprises a front shell and a rear shell, wherein one sides of the front shell and the rear shell facing each other are open, the front shell and the rear shell are spliced and connected to define a wind channel, the front shell is provided with a part of the volute, the rear shell is provided with the other volute, the volute defines a part of the wind channel, the wind wheel is a centrifugal wind wheel, an air inlet is formed in the part, located on the rear shell, of the volute, and the mounting opening is formed in the front shell.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the external bolster includes: first board and second board, the first board is established keeping away from of procapsid one side of back casing, the second board is two and puts separately the both sides of first board, the second board is followed first plate thickness direction extends, the one end of second board with the first board links to each other, the other end of second board with the procapsid links to each other.

In some embodiments of the invention, the second plate, the front housing and the rear housing are connected by a second connector.

In some embodiments of the utility model, the second board the other end has turn-ups portion, be formed with first connecting hole on the turn-ups portion, be equipped with the second turn-ups of outside extension on the periphery wall of the end that opens of procapsid, be formed with on the second turn-ups with the hole of dodging that first connecting hole set up relatively, be equipped with the third turn-ups of outside extension on the periphery wall of the end that opens of back casing, be equipped with the erection column of forward extension on the turn-ups's the front surface of third, be formed with on the erection column with the just right second connecting hole of first connecting hole, the erection column is located dodge downtheholely, the second connecting piece runs through first connecting hole with the second connecting hole.

According to the utility model discloses an air conditioner, include: the air duct component for the air conditioner is described above.

According to the utility model discloses an air conditioner, through setting up foretell wind channel part for air conditioner, can reduce the assembly degree of difficulty between fan subassembly and the spiral case portion, the installation and the maintenance of the fan subassembly of being convenient for.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is an exploded schematic view of a duct component according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic view at A in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of an air duct component according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged schematic view at B in FIG. 3;

fig. 5 is an assembly schematic of a motor, an inner bracket and an outer bracket according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of another angled configuration of an air duct component according to an embodiment of the present invention;

figure 7 is a schematic plan view of an air duct component according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken at C-C of FIG. 7;

fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken at D-D in fig. 7.

Reference numerals:

an air duct member 100;

an air duct member 1; a volute portion 11; a mounting opening 111;

a front housing 12; a second flange 121; an avoidance hole 1211;

a rear case 13; a third flange 131; mounting posts 1311; second connection hole 13111;

an air inlet 132;

a first air supply duct 14; an upstream air duct chamber 141; a downstream duct chamber 142;

a second air supply duct 15;

a first air-out frame 16; a second air outlet frame 17;

a fan assembly 2; a wind wheel 21; a motor 22; a motor body 221; the motor 22 ear 222;

an outer support 3; a first plate 31; a second plate 32; a burring 33; a first connection hole 331;

an inner support 4; a cylindrical portion 41; a heat dissipation hole 411; an inner end ring 42; an outer end ring 43.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "circumferential", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are merely for convenience of description and to simplify the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

An air duct part 100 for an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1, an air duct assembly 100 for an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention may include an air duct member 1, an outer bracket 3, and a fan assembly 2.

Referring to fig. 1, the air duct member 1 includes a volute portion 11, the volute portion 11 has a mounting opening 111, the outer bracket 3 is located outside the air duct member 1 to seal the mounting opening 111 (refer to fig. 3), the fan assembly 2 includes a wind wheel 21 and a motor 22, the motor 22 is mounted on a surface of the outer bracket 3 facing the mounting opening 111, the wind wheel 21 is connected to the motor 22, and the wind wheel 21 passes through the mounting opening 111 and is located in the volute portion 11. For example, as shown in fig. 1, the mounting through-hole is formed as a circular hole, and the diameter of the mounting through-hole is larger than that of the wind wheel 21.

It should be noted that, when assembling the air duct component 100, the motor 22 may be mounted on the outer bracket 3, then the wind wheel 21 is mounted on the motor 22, then the outer bracket 3 is lifted up to make the wind wheel 21 pass through the mounting opening 111 and be located in the volute portion 11, and finally the outer bracket 3 is connected to the air duct component 1 or the sheet metal component of the air conditioner; when the air duct component 100 needs to be disassembled, the outer bracket 3 can be firstly disassembled from the air duct component 1 or a sheet metal part of the air conditioner, and then the fan component 2 is taken out from the mounting opening 111, so that the fan component 2 can be mounted and taken out through the mounting opening 111, the assembly difficulty between the fan component 2 and the volute part 11 can be reduced, and the fan component 2 can be mounted and maintained conveniently.

According to the utility model discloses an air channel part 100 for air conditioner, accessible installing opening 111 installs and takes out fan subassembly 2 to can reduce the assembly degree of difficulty between fan subassembly 2 and spiral case portion 11, the installation and the maintenance of fan subassembly 2 of being convenient for.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the air duct member 1 further includes an inner bracket 4, the inner bracket 4 is connected to the outer bracket 3 via a mounting opening 111 (see fig. 8), and at least a portion of the inner bracket 4 is located in the volute portion 11 and is used for mounting the motor 22. Therefore, the motor 22 is connected to the outer support 3 through the inner support 4, so that the motor 22 is convenient to mount, the processing difficulty of the outer support 3 is reduced, and the fan assembly 2 is reliable to mount.

Further, as shown in fig. 5, the motor 22 includes a motor body 221 and motor ears 222, the inner bracket 4 includes a cylindrical portion 41, and an inner end ring 42 and an outer end ring 43 provided at both ends in the axial direction of the cylindrical portion 41, the inner end ring 42 is formed by inwardly flanging the cylindrical portion 41, the outer end ring 43 is formed by outwardly flanging the cylindrical portion 41, the outer end ring 43 is connected to the outer bracket 3, the cylindrical portion 41 and the inner end ring 42 are both located in the worm casing portion 11, the motor body 221 extends into the cylindrical portion 41 through the inner end ring 42, and the motor ears 222 are supported on a side of the inner end ring 42 remote from the cylindrical portion 41 and connected to the inner end ring 42.

Thus, the motor ears 222 of the motor 22 support and are connected to the inner end ring 42 of the inner bracket 4 at the side far from the cylindrical part 41, and the motor body 221 is embedded inside the cylindrical part 41 by the inner end ring 42, so that the motor 22 and the inner bracket 4 have high structural compactness, the assembled integral thickness of the motor 22 and the inner bracket 4 is reduced, and the motor body 221 can be protected by the cylindrical part 41, thereby prolonging the service life of the motor 22. Moreover, since the inner end ring 42 is formed by inward flanging of the cylindrical portion 41, the structural strength of the inner bracket 4 is improved, so that the reliability of connection between the motor 22 and the inner bracket 4 is ensured.

It should be noted that the connection form when the motor ears 222 are connected to the inner end ring 42 is not limited, and may be, for example, a detachable connection, such as a connection by bolts or screws, so that the motor 22 is convenient to detach and has high installation stability, or may also be, for example, a non-detachable connection, such as a connection by welding, so that the installation stability of the motor 22 may be higher.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 5, a plurality of heat radiation holes 411 are provided in the peripheral wall of the cylindrical portion 41. For example, a plurality of heat radiation holes 411 are provided at regular intervals in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion 41. This is advantageous in improving the heat radiation effect of the motor 22, and thus, the reliability of the operation of the motor 22 can be improved.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5, the outer end ring 43 is fixedly connected to the outer frame 3 by welding or a first connecting member. For example, as shown in fig. 5, the outer ring 43 is provided with a mounting hole for the first connector to pass through. This improves the reliability of the connection between the outer ring end and the outer bracket 3.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, the air duct member 1 may include a front housing 12 and a rear housing 13, one side of each of the front housing 12 and the rear housing 13 facing each other is open and the front housing 12 is spliced with the rear housing 13 to define an air duct, the front housing 12 has a portion of the volute 11, the rear housing 13 has the remaining volute 11, in other words, the portion of the volute 11 on the front housing 12 and the remaining volute 11 on the rear housing 13 are spliced to form the volute 11, the volute 11 defines a portion of the air duct, wherein the wind wheel 21 is a centrifugal wind wheel 21, an air inlet 132 (refer to fig. 6 and 7) is formed on a portion of the volute 11 located on the rear housing 13, and a mounting opening 111 is formed on the front housing 12 (refer to fig. 9). From this, centrifugal wind wheel 21 can change the flow direction of the air current that gets into from air intake 132, is favorable to realizing the top air-out, forms through making wind channel spare 1 by the concatenation of procapsid 12 and back casing 13 simultaneously, is favorable to reducing the processing degree of difficulty of wind channel spare 1.

Specifically, in some examples, the air duct component 100 further includes a first air outlet frame 16 and a second air outlet frame 17 (refer to fig. 3), as shown in fig. 9, the air duct defined by the front casing 12 and the rear casing 13 includes a first air supply duct 14 and a second air supply duct 15, the first air supply duct 14 includes an upstream duct cavity 141 and a downstream duct cavity 142 disposed above the upstream duct cavity 141, wherein the upstream duct cavity 141 is defined by the volute part 11, the centrifugal wind wheel 21 is disposed in the upstream duct cavity 141, the second air supply duct 15 is disposed in the downstream duct cavity 142, the first air outlet frame 16 is disposed in front of the air duct component 1 and is front-back opposite to the downstream duct cavity 142, the second air outlet frame 17 is disposed above the air duct component 1, and the air duct component 100 is structured such that the first air supply duct 14 flows from the upstream duct cavity 141 to the downstream duct cavity 142 from bottom to top, and a part of the air supplied from the downstream duct cavity 142 flows forward to the first air outlet frame 16, The other part of the air flows upwards to the second air outlet frame 17, and the air in the second air supply duct 15 flows forwards from the back to the first air outlet frame 16.

It can be understood that, under the action of the centrifugal wind wheel 21, the indoor air can enter the upstream air duct cavity 141 through the wind inlet 132, and then flows from the upstream air duct cavity 141 to the downstream air duct cavity 142, one part of the airflow in the downstream air duct cavity 142 flows to the first wind outlet frame 16, and the other part flows to the second wind outlet frame 17, while the airflow in the second wind supply duct 15 only flows to the first wind outlet frame 16, and does not flow to the second wind outlet frame 17.

Therefore, because the utility model discloses in only first air supply wind channel 14 provides the air current to second air-out frame 17, second air supply wind channel 15 does not participate in to the air supply of second air-out frame 17, thereby can avoid because the air supply direction of first air supply wind channel 14 and second air supply wind channel 15 is different, take place the problem that second air supply wind channel 15 disturbed first air supply wind channel 14 and goes out the air supply of frame 17 to the second, and first air supply wind channel 14 disturbs the problem that second air supply wind channel 15 went out the air to first air-out frame 16, and then can improve the air supply effect of wind channel part 100, and when the air conditioner that wind channel part 100 used, the air conditioner can have multiple air supply mode, be favorable to improving user's use and experience.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4, the air duct member 1 may be a plastic member, which is beneficial to the processing and forming of the air duct member 1, so as to improve the production efficiency, and the plastic member is cheaper, which can reduce the production cost of the air duct member 11.

Further, the external bolster 3 includes: the front case 12 includes a first plate 31 provided on a side of the front case 12 away from the rear case 13, and two second plates 32 disposed on both sides of the first plate 31, the second plates 32 extending in a thickness direction of the first plate 31, one end of the second plates 32 being connected to the first plate 31, and the other end of the second plates 32 being connected to the front case 12.

For example, the first plate 31 and the two second plates 32 in the outer holder 3 are formed in a substantially C-shape, wherein one ends of the two second plates 32 (for example, front ends of the second plates 32 as shown in fig. 3) are respectively connected to both sides of the first plate 31 in a direction in which the first plate 31 is away from the open end of the front housing 12, the other ends of the two second plates 32 (for example, rear ends of the second plates 32 as shown in fig. 3) are respectively extended toward a direction close to the open end of the front housing 12, and the extended ends of the second plates 32 are connected to a front surface of a second burring 121 described below on the front housing 12. Therefore, the connection between the outer bracket 3 and the front housing 12 can be made convenient and reliable.

Further, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the second plate 32, the front case 12, and the rear case 13 are connected by a second connector. Thereby, the connection between the second plate 32, the front case 12 and the rear case 13 is made simple and reliable. For example, the second connector may be a screw or bolt.

In some alternative embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the other end of the second plate 32 has a burring part 33, and the burring part 33 is formed with a first connection hole 331.

Further, as shown in fig. 2, a second flange 121 extending outward is disposed on the outer peripheral wall of the open end of the front housing 12, an avoiding hole 1211 disposed opposite to the first connection hole 331 is formed on the second flange 121, a third flange 131 extending outward is disposed on the outer peripheral wall of the open end of the rear housing 13, a mounting post 1311 extending forward is disposed on the front surface of the third flange 131, a second connection hole 13111 facing the first connection hole 331 is formed on the mounting post 1311, the mounting post 1311 is located in the avoiding hole 1211, and the second connection member penetrates through the first connection hole 331 and the second connection hole 13111.

It is understood that, when the outer bracket 3 is mounted to the air duct member 1, the second connector may be made to penetrate the first connection hole 331 and the second connection hole 13111 to connect the burring 33, the front case 12, and the rear case 13 together. Thereby, the assembly is simple while making the connection between the external bracket 3, the front case 12 and the rear case 13 reliable.

For example, the first connection holes 331 and the mounting posts 1311 are plural, and the plural first connection holes 331 are matched with the second connection holes 13111 on the mounting posts 1311 in a one-to-one correspondence manner.

In some embodiments, the second connector penetrates the first connection hole 331 and the second connection hole 13111 to fix the burring 33, the front case 12, and the rear case 13 together on the sheet metal part of the air conditioner. Therefore, the motor 22 is arranged on the inner support 4 connected with the outer support 3, and the outer support 3 is fixed on the sheet metal part in the air conditioner, so that the motor 22 can be prevented from being directly fixed on the air duct piece 1, and the motor 22 and the air duct piece 1 can be prevented from being damaged due to vibration in the transportation process of the air conditioner. For example, when the air duct member 1 is made of plastic, the motor 22 and the air duct member 1 can be more effectively protected from being damaged by transportation and falling.

It should be noted that, the sheet metal part is understood as a broad sense, and may include, for example, a sheet metal box of an air conditioner or a sheet metal bracket mounted on the sheet metal box.

According to the utility model discloses an air conditioner, include: the air duct component 100 for an air conditioner according to the present invention is provided.

According to the utility model discloses an air conditioner, through setting up the basis the utility model discloses a duct part 100 for air conditioner of the above-mentioned embodiment can reduce the assembly degree of difficulty between fan subassembly 2 and spiral case portion 11, the installation and the maintenance of the fan subassembly 2 of being convenient for.

Other configurations and operations of the air conditioner according to the embodiment of the present invention are known to those skilled in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

While embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. An air duct component for an air conditioner, comprising:

the air duct piece comprises a worm casing part, and the worm casing part is provided with a mounting opening;

an outer bracket located outside the air duct piece to block the mounting opening;

the fan assembly comprises a wind wheel and a motor, the motor is arranged on the surface of the outer support opposite to the installation opening, the wind wheel is connected with the motor, and the wind wheel penetrates through the installation opening and is located in the volute portion.

2. The air duct component for an air conditioner according to claim 1, further comprising an inner bracket connected to the outer bracket via the mounting opening, at least a portion of the inner bracket being located within the volute portion and being for mounting the motor.

3. The air duct component for an air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein the motor includes a motor body and a motor lug, the inner bracket includes a cylindrical portion and inner and outer end rings provided at both axial ends of the cylindrical portion, the inner end ring is formed by inward flanging of the cylindrical portion, the outer end ring is formed by outward flanging of the cylindrical portion, the outer end ring is connected to the outer bracket, the cylindrical portion and the inner end ring are both located in the scroll portion, the motor body protrudes into the cylindrical portion through the inner end ring, and the motor lug is supported on a side of the inner end ring remote from the cylindrical portion and connected to the inner end ring.

4. The air duct component for an air conditioner according to claim 3, wherein a plurality of heat radiation holes are provided on a peripheral wall of the cylindrical portion.

5. The duct section for an air conditioner according to any one of claims 3 to 4, wherein the outer end ring is fixedly connected to the outer bracket by welding or a first connecting member.

6. The air duct component for an air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the air duct member includes: the wind wheel comprises a front shell and a rear shell, wherein one sides of the front shell and the rear shell facing each other are open, the front shell and the rear shell are spliced and connected to define a wind channel, the front shell is provided with a part of the volute, the rear shell is provided with the other volute, the volute defines a part of the wind channel, the wind wheel is a centrifugal wind wheel, an air inlet is formed in the part, located on the rear shell, of the volute, and the mounting opening is formed in the front shell.

7. The duct component for an air conditioner according to claim 6, wherein the outer bracket includes: first board and second board, the first board is established keeping away from of procapsid one side of back casing, the second board is two and puts separately the both sides of first board, the second board is followed first plate thickness direction extends, the one end of second board with the first board links to each other, the other end of second board with the procapsid links to each other.

8. The air duct component for an air conditioner according to claim 7, wherein the second plate, the front case and the rear case are connected by a second connecting member.

9. The air duct component for an air conditioner according to claim 8, wherein the other end of the second plate has a flanging portion, the flanging portion is formed with a first connecting hole, an outer peripheral wall of the open end of the front housing is provided with a second flanging extending outward, the second flanging is formed with an avoiding hole opposite to the first connecting hole, an outer peripheral wall of the open end of the rear housing is provided with a third flanging extending outward, a front surface of the third flanging is provided with a mounting post extending forward, the mounting post is formed with a second connecting hole opposite to the first connecting hole, the mounting post is located in the avoiding hole, and the second connecting member penetrates through the first connecting hole and the second connecting hole.

10. An air conditioner, comprising: the air duct component for an air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 9.